title: Complications of antibiotic therapy.
abstract: Antibiotics have greatly changed the practice of medicine for the better. Many infections commonly treated in the outpatient setting with antibiotics (eg, urinary tract infections, streptococcal pharyngitis), which previously caused significant morbidity and mortality, are now typically benign. However, with antibiotic therapy come side effects, ranging in severity from mild nausea to life-threatening cytopenias. This article highlights important complications of antibiotic therapy that may be encountered by outpatient providers. Side effects by system are discussed, and a few important drug-specific complications and important drug-drug interactions highlighted.
authors.affiliation: General Internal Medicine Center, University of Washington Medical Center, 4245 Roosevelt Way Northeast, Box 354760, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. sonic@uw.edu
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Douglas S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Paauw
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents